The Black Panther

The Black Panther is not necessarily a species in its own right, more so a colour variant of jaguars or leopards which is caused by a genetic mutation. We wanted to include as many types of animals and this genetic variant interested us.

Therefore our information on the animal is going to be a little bit different to the animal a day features from earlier so we’ll be sharing some info regarding the leopard which the black panther is a subspecies of.

Location: Africa
Diet: Carnivore
Lifespan: Around 21 years in captivity
Interesting fact: Lions and Hyenas will attempt to take away a leopard’s kill if they can. The leopard will store their larger kills in trees where they are able to feed on them in safety.

How could I not share the jungle book!? Check out below for a brief video, we’ll be watching the Jungle Book later this week!

The Bengal Tiger

Due to the Easter holidays and a mixture of one of the team coming down with an illness, our Animal a day feature has been briefly interrupted, so we've got to catch up! The next few days will feature two animals a day! Today we've decided to focus on the cats for our animal a day!  

Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is known worldwide for its bright orange colour but it also happens to be one of the faces of our game Zoo Park and is a prominent animal in our retail box packaging!

Location: India
Lifespan: 8 to ten years in the wild
Diet: Carnivore
Interesting fact: The tiger’s roar can be heard as far as 2 miles away!

We did come across several videos of families that have taken Bengal tigers into their houses but we really wanted to show off a more natural habitat, so check out the video below for a beautifully shot video: 

The Giraffe

Onwards to Day three of our Animal a Day feature and let’s bring out the giraffes! They are the world’s tallest mammals but because of their size they do need to travel great distances to maintain their diet. The below image is from one of the in game menus showing off the baby version of the Giraffe

Location: Africa
Lifespan: 25 years in the wild
Diet: Herbivore
Interesting fact: The giraffes spots are much like a snowflake, no two are ever exactly the same.  However giraffes from the same area do appear similar.

Here’s a video from Cincinnati Zoo that shows baby Giraffe Lulu stepping outside for the first time. At just two weeks old, it’s impressive how comfortable Lulu is in her new surroundings.

When Zoo Park launches in May your animals will also breed to have babies! 

The Tree Kangaroo

Welcome to a new daily feature on this blog where we’ll show you an animal a day that is in our upcoming game, Zoo Park: Run Your Own Animal Sanctuary. Until the 3^rd of May release visit back each day during the week and we should have some great animal goodness for you to take a look at!

Today we wanted to share one of the animal species we discovered after starting development on the game. Of course we all know lions, pandas and those lovable meerkats (After a series of popular adverts!) but the tree kangaroo was one of those creatures that just sounded extremely odd. We’re glad to have discovered it, check out the video below for an adorable video of A tree kangaroo mother and it’s new-born in Saint Louis Zoo

Below is a piece of in game art from one of the guys on the team. Each animal will have three versions of this artwork representing the male, female and baby versions of each animal.

Location: Rainforests of Australia West Papua and Papua new Guiney
Lifespan: 20 years
Protection status: Endangered
Diet: herbivore
Interesting fact: The Tree kangaroo can fall 60 feet from trees to the ground without being hurt.

Check out Woodland Park Zoo’s Website to see more info on the tree kangaroo at: http://www.zoo.org/page.aspx?pid=1909#.UUgifhy-18E

Zoo park Preview/ Infomercial

Zoo Park is rapidly approaching release and we've still got dozens of things to be working on, it's times like these that we'd wish we had the speed of a cheetah to tackle everything in seconds! We've got a very special video today from one of the guys who are working on the game. You can see Zoo Park in much greater detail, letting you see some of the key features of the game in action. 

From now until the 3rd of May, this blog will be updated each weekday to reveal all the animals you can find inside the game when it launches. So visit the blog tomorrow to start the countdown!